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[dcfullest]

Help. I am losing it. I need sleep. Up to now, I would get the babies to sleep around 7:30-8pm in their cribs. They would generally sleep without waking until my husband fed them around midnight. I would get up, if they woke during the night. Around 5am they got in bed with me and went back to sleep until 7:30am. They have their first bottle at 8am

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[ghisabel]

What about trying both of them in one crib? (Do they still fit?) They'd have the physical closeness of each other, but you'd be free to sleep in your bed.

[dcfullest]

I thought about putting them back in together- we just seperated them 2 months ago b/c they waking each other up moving so much. I just tried it at nap time today and heard Peanut screaming, so I run in there and Chomp has a tight grip on her hair. Poor little girl!

But, I am thinking if I put them down asleep or almost asleep it might help. They would feel each other, but hopefully not wake each other.

[jumpinmonkies]

(((hugs))) I understand.

[dcfullest]

Thank you!

[noirbettie]

Oh honey, you can have a pillow. Just don't put it on top of their heads.

[dcfullest]

:)

[badylugz]

Could you get a sleeping bag for all of you? Then they are more snuggled but close, you're not freezing, and you'll feel safer?

Or perhaps put mattresses on the floor and all sleep together? Not the most elegant but perhaps sanity saving.

[iowalaw]

{{{{hugs}}}}}

We've been working on getting Teej to take NAPS in his crib in the hopes that the eventual transition from our bed to the crib will be less traumatic in the future (he still eats at night, so it's not time for us yet). What we've been doing is putting him in there and he'll play and when he starts really fussing (the full on cry) we'll go in there and start out by rubbing his back with him in the crib (he's a flopper now). If that doesn't sooth him we'll take him out and hold him but stay in the room. If that doesn't work I'll try feeding him. Lather rinse repeat. I am not sure it would be nearly that simple with two though. We don't let him ramp up as much as we normally would because Joey's in that room sleeping and the last thing I need is a screaming 4 year old and a screaming baby. (But we aren't comfortable with Cry it out for us either.)

[dcfullest]

I think I will try something along these lines. They are actually loud enough to wake each other now and two screaming babies is a nightmare.

[crowjoy]

Huge giant hugs, there is nothing worse than a lack of sleep.

No pillow or covers, aw give yourself a break! You deserve to rest comfortably. Crying it out is counterproductive to actually getting sleep so I'm not a fan. But if bubby is playing instead of sleeping, he can go in his own bed to do that.

I seem to recall that we'd have to "retrain" them every time there was a major milestone or disruption in routine. This is your crib, it's where you sleep. Your paci is here with you, you have your toy. We'd start out just hanging out in the room while they settled down, and then moved on out as they got back into their routine. I also remember nights when nothing worked, no matter what we did. And then it would pass.

Hang in there love, do whatever you have to to get some rest.

[dcfullest]

thank you. just realizing that everyone goes through this and it isn't my issue really helps!

[badylugz]

I've had one of those nights too so am taking notes. *hugs*